Due to COVID-19, I am accepting new clients for telehealth services only at this time.

I provide both individual and couples therapy for adults. I have experience working with a variety of ages (from young adult to seniors), gender identities, sexual orientations, and racial identities. 

With individual therapy, I utilize attachment theory, cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, and mindfulness. I specialize in maternal mental health as well as anxiety, depression, grief and loss, perfectionism, self-esteem, and life transitions. 

When working with couples, I utilize Gottman techniques and Emotionally Focused therapy to address issues such as communication, parenting issues, and trust. I also provide premarital counseling.

Insurance

I am an in-network provider with United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, and Blue Choice plans. I encourage you to contact United Healthcare or BCBS PPO to verify your benefits and eligibility. If you have insurance coverage other than United Healthcare or BCBS PPO, you will be responsible for out-of-pocket fees; however, I am happy to provide a receipt (super bill) that you can submit to your insurance provider depending on your out-of-network benefits.

Out-of-Pocket Fees

Individual Psychotherapy

The fee for the initial appointment is $175. Subsequent 55-minute sessions are $150.

Couples Therapy

Couples therapy sessions are $175 for the initial appointment and for subsequent 55-minute sessions.

Good Faith Estimate

Please see information about your rights and protections against surprise medical bills:

When you get emergency care or get treated by an out-of-network provider at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, you are protected from surprise billing or balance billing.

What is “balance billing” (sometimes called “surprise billing”)?

When you see a doctor or other health care provider, you may owe certain out-of-pocket costs, such as a copayment, coinsurance, and/or a deductible. You may have other costs or have to pay the entire bill if you see a provider or visit a healthcare facility that isn’t in your health plan’s network.

“Out-of-network” describes providers and facilities that haven’t signed a contract with your health plan. Out-of-network providers may be permitted to bill you for the difference between what your plan agreed to pay and the full amount charged for a service. This is called “balance billing.” This amount is likely more than in-network costs for the same service and might not count toward your annual out-of-pocket limit.

“Surprise billing” is an unexpected balance bill. This can happen when you can’t control who is involved in your care—like when you have an emergency or when you schedule a visit at an in- network facility but are unexpectedly treated by an out-of-network provider.

You are protected from balance billing for:

Emergency services

If you have an emergency medical condition and get emergency services from an out-of- network provider or facility, the most the provider or facility may bill you is your plan’s in- network cost-sharing amount (such as copayments and coinsurance). You can’t be balance billed for these emergency services. This includes services you may get after you’re in stable condition, unless you give written consent and give up your protections not to be balanced billed for these post-stabilization services.

Certain services at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center

When you get services from an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, certain providers there may be out-of-network. In these cases, the most those providers may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount. This applies to emergency medicine, anesthesia, pathology, radiology, laboratory, neonatology, assistant surgeon, hospitalist, or intensivist services. These providers can’t balance bill you and may not ask you to give up your protections not to be balance billed.

If you get other services at these in-network facilities, out-of-network providers cannot balance bill you, unless you give written consent and give up your protections.

You’re never required to give up your protections from balance billing. You also aren’t required to get care out-of-network. You can choose a provider or facility in your plan’s network.

When balance billing isn’t allowed, you also have the following protections:

• You are only responsible for paying your share of the cost (like the copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles that you would pay if the provider or facility was in-network). Your health plan will pay out-of-network providers and facilities directly.

• Your health plan generally must:

  • Cover emergency services without requiring you to get approval for services in advance (prior authorization).

  • Cover emergency services by out-of-network providers.

  • Base what you owe the provider or facility (cost-sharing) on what it would pay an in-network provider or facility and show that amount in your explanation of benefits.

  • Count any amount you pay for emergency services or out-of-network services toward your deductible and out-of-pocket limit.

If you believe you’ve been wrongly billed, You may contact the health care provider or facility listed to let them know the billed charges are higher than the Good Faith Estimate. You can ask them to update the bill to match the Good Faith Estimate, ask to negotiate the bill, or ask if there is financial assistance available. You may also start a dispute resolution process with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). If you choose to use the dispute resolution process, you must start the dispute process within 120 calendar days (about 4 months) of the date on the original bill. There is a $25 fee to use the dispute process. If the agency reviewing your dispute agrees with you, you will have to pay the price on this Good Faith Estimate. If the agency disagrees with you and agrees with the health care provider or facility, you will have to pay the higher amount. To learn more and get a form to start the process, you may contact www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1-877-696-6775. Visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises for more information about your rights under federal law. Visit the Illinois Department of Insurance https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/insurance/Pages/default.aspx for more information about your rights under state laws.